# Getting illegal\_state\_exception error while pushing logs to elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-illegal-state-exception-error-while-pushing-logs-to-elasticsearch/290029>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [November 24, 2021, 9:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-illegal-state-exception-error-while-pushing-logs-to-elasticsearch/290029 "2021-11-24T09:00:33Z")\
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I'm getting illegal\_state\_exception error, Can someone please help me this?  
mapping\_template.json :

> **[mapping\_template.json](https://docs.google.com/document/d/16xi-hrHlHnAXlEwIk8cMX-01KtTcwZmGxUQOOYC3N3o/edit?usp=sharing)**
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> { "index\_patterns": \["mapi-\*"\], "mappings": { "properties": { "@timestamp": { "type": "date" }, "@version": { "type": "text", "fields": { "keyword": { "type": "keyword", ...

error:  
"error"=\>{"type"=\>"mapper\_parsing\_exception", "reason"=\>"failed to parse field [message] of type [text] in document with id '4H4sUH0BtmRbYfd3eWxi'. Preview of field's value: '{level=info, host=gcard-service-ep-7c6cbbb5fc-x64xj, message=service: GiftcardNotifierService.attemptRecipientEmail recipient email sent, timestamp=2021-11-24T04:20:24.203523577Z}'", "caused\_by"=\>{"type"=\>"illegal\_state\_exception", "reason"=\>"Can't get text on a START\_OBJECT at 1:41"}}}}}

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